The difficult is not the impossible, as Sri Aurobindo reminds us to keep a strong faith in our Ideal to become Real!
''The way to get faith and all things else is to insist on having them and refuse to flag or despair or give up until one has them - it is the way by which everything has been got since this difficult earth began to have thinking and aspiring creatures upon it. It is to open always, always to the Light and turn one's back on the Darkness. It is to refuse the voices that sa…
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Added by kalpana on February 3, 2010 at 2:02pm —
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May we imagine this, until it is materialised and realised![a very uplifting,inspiring canto]:
''Imagination's great ensorcelling rod
Summoned the unknown and gave to it a home,
Outspread luxuriantly in golden air
Truth's iris-coloured wings of fantasy,
Or sang to the intuitive heart of joy
Wonder's dream-notes that bring the Real close.
Its power that makes the unknowable near and true,
In the temple of the ideal shrined the One:
It peopled thought and mind and happy sense
Filled…
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Added by kalpana on January 14, 2010 at 5:31pm —
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The
quotation below, from the Mother, struck me as a very powerful and clear reminder, in no uncertain terms, aimed at those of us who have chosen to follow the Yoga of Mother and Sri Aurobindo The problem arises when we start saying...'but...if...this/that'. Like anything, it needs to be practised regularly to have effect. It does not of course mean that we become indifferent to others, but we see relationships etc in the Light of Mother and Sri Aurobindo, and it makes life more enriched…
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Added by kalpana on January 14, 2010 at 4:49pm —
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These words of the Mother are a call to all who consider themselves Her children:
''We all who have a common uplifting ideal, shall unite;
and in this union and by this union we will face and overcome
the attacks of all opposing forces of darkness and devastation.
In union is the strength, in union is the power,
in union the certitude of Victory."- The Mother [CWMCE, 14:208-09] Continue
Added by kalpana on January 11, 2010 at 1:16pm —
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These words from the Mother give such wonderful reassurance, when we are faced with the confusing challenges of everyday life and relationships:
''You see, in the present condition of the world, circumstances are always difficult. The whole world is in a condition of strife, conflict, between the forces of truth and light wanting to manifest and the opposition of all that does not want to change, which represents in the past what is fixed, hardened and refuses to go. Naturally, each indiv…
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Added by kalpana on January 5, 2010 at 3:53pm —
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The Divine within us is ALWAYS there, offering
Unlimited Happiness and Hospitality, which
Can be touched, anywhere, anytime, any circumstance, as long as one is open to the Divine.
Like King Midas, when we think of the Divine in everything, small or big, what we touch, taste, see,smell, hear - with our sixth sense - becomes Divine Gold.
Unlike the Midas touch, this touch is life-giving.
Everyday becomes a holy-day, no passport, security, money,innoculations nothing needed!…
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Added by kalpana on January 1, 2010 at 2:18pm —
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''What we have within us creates the circumstances outside us''.
- Sri Aurobindo [p-105-106, White Roses, Sixth Edition, 1999]
May the Grace of Mother fill all our hearts and minds with Light, and may that Light bring Peace and Progress in the year 2010 and Beyond! Continue
Added by kalpana on January 1, 2010 at 3:45am —
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It is interesting that as humans we still seem to be dominated by larger areas of the brain inherited from our evolutionary, animal past.
The extract below from Sri Aurobindo's works makes clear the limited ability of our ordinary mind to comprehend a higher level of consciousness. We do not discard mind, but use it appropriately.
''I would ask one simple question of those who would make the intellectual mind the standard and judge of spiritual experience. Is the Divine something less tha…
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Added by kalpana on December 19, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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As always, the Mother gives simple,effective and direct methods - we fail because [a] either our minds want complicated things or [b] we are perhaps not ready for the results.
However, there is no doubt that a very basic level, peace and calm are beneficial for health and well-being, if nothing else!
[Have highlighted bits that really appealed to me, in the quote from q/a with the Mother]
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''How can we establish a settled peace and silence in the mind?
First of all,
y…
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Added by kalpana on December 10, 2009 at 2:28pm —
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This is the Darshan message displayed on Sri Aurobindo Ashram Website:
''There are a hundred ways of approaching the Supreme Reality and, as is the nature of the way taken, so will be the nature of the ultimate experience by which one passes into That which is ineffable...''
Sri Aurobindo
I think it is really worth reading the rest of the Chapter 'Reality and the Cosmic Illusion'', from His major work LIfe Divine',p.488.
[It can read on this googlebook link…
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Added by kalpana on December 5, 2009 at 3:10pm —
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''One can see, when one studies oneself very attentively.... For example, if you observe yourself, you see that one day you are very generous - let us take this, it is easy to understand - very generous: generous in your feelings, generous in your sensations, generous in your thoughts and even in material things; that is, you understand the faults of others, their intentions, weaknesses, even nasty movements. You see all this, and you are full of good feelings, of generosity. You tell yourself,…
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Added by kalpana on November 19, 2009 at 4:16pm —
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''The world-ways opened before Savitri.
At first a strangeness of new brilliant scenes
Peopled her mind and kept her body's gaze.
But as she moved across the changing earth
A deeper consciousness welled up in her:
A citizen of many scenes and climes,
Each soil and country it had made its home;
It took all clans and peoples for her own,
Till
the whole destiny of mankind was hers. ''
Book IV The Book of Birth and Quest
Canto IV The Quest Page 377…
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Added by kalpana on November 17, 2009 at 7:32pm —
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''It's
one of the most indispensable things to do if one wants to
succeed in having self-control and even a limited
self-knowledge: to
be able to localise one's consciousness and
move it about in the different parts of one's being, in such a way as to
distinguish between one's consciousness and one's thought, feelings, impulses, become
aware of what the consciousness is in itself. And in this way
one can learn how to shift it: one can
pu…
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Added by kalpana on November 15, 2009 at 3:49am —
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''It's
one of the most indispensable things to do if one wants to
succeed in having self-control and even a limited
self-knowledge: to
be able to localise one's consciousness and
move it about in the different parts of one's being, in such a way as to
distinguish between one's consciousness and one's thought, feelings, impulses, become
aware of what the consciousness is in itself. And in this way
one can learn how to shift it: one can
pu…
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Added by kalpana on November 15, 2009 at 3:49am —
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Sometimes, when one feels impatient on the path of spiritual realisation, it is worth noting the 3 factors pointed out by the Mother: 1. time-scale, 2.understanding of failures, 3. effort and circumstance. These are Her words:
''From the point of view of spiritual realisation, time has no concrete reality;
all depends on the sincerity and intensity of the aspiration, on the steadiness of the effort. Some can do in a few weeks and even days what takes years for others. Moreover,
as the…
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Added by kalpana on November 8, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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''Faith does not depend upon experience; it is something that is there before experience. When one starts the yoga, it is not usually on the strength of experience, but on the strength of faith.
It is so not only in yoga and the spiritual life, but in ordinary life also. All men of action, discoverers, inventors, creators of knowledge proceed by faith and, until the proof is made or the thing done, they go on in spite of disappointment, failure, disproof, denial because of something in…
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Added by kalpana on October 31, 2009 at 3:08pm —
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We do not need to make things complicated, when Sri Aurobindo himself places the methods of opening and receiving the Divine Presence into our mind, heart and body.
What is stopping us from applying this? In 24 hours, how many minutes do we actually remember to do this?
No, we humans always want something more complicated...
May we simply open, open and open to the Divine, with quiet mind, and receive Peace, Light, Ananda and a Force that works!
''
In this yoga the whole principle…
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Added by kalpana on October 25, 2009 at 2:35pm —
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''When you are in a particular set of circumstances and certain events take place, these events often oppose your desire or what seems best of you, and often you happen to regret this and say to yourself, "Ah! how good it would have been if it were otherwise, if it had been like this or like that", for little things and big things… Then years pass by, events are unfolded; you progress, become more conscious, understand better, and
when you look back, you notice - first with astonishment, then…
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Added by kalpana on October 21, 2009 at 10:58pm —
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Looking for online Yoga Vasistha in Samskrtam.
Thanks.
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Added by kalpana on October 15, 2009 at 1:29pm —
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I feel I need to read this very regularly, because it really helps me in daily life, by [a] giving words to express aspiration [b] reminding me not to be a 'donkey'[!] [c] helping to uncover the tricks of the ego and showing areas for improvement!
- The Mother [CWMCE, 4:117-19]
''You can at
every minute make the gift of your will in an aspiration - and an aspiration which formulates itself very simply, not just "Lord, Thy will be done", but
"Grant that I may do as well as I c…
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Added by kalpana on October 10, 2009 at 2:37pm —
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